Dog shot, killed after mistaken for wolf

BONNERS FERRY — An Eastport couple is still reeling and charges may be pending after a man on a four-wheeler shot two dogs on a U.S. Forest Service road on May 17, believing one of them to be a wolf.

A single bullet killed Jim and Lisa Rosauer’s husky-malamute cross Kenai and struck their second dog, a 14-year-old lab-malamute cross named Osar.

Osar is still recovering with bullet fragments in his leg but is facing complications due to infection and his age, Jim said.

According to Rosauer, the couple was out hiking on the road to Spruce Lake, coming to a bend with their dogs just out of sight.

They heard a shot and rounded the corner to see three people on four-wheelers about 180 yards away and their dogs down. The shooter was a 19-year-old with his parents.

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